Igelheart Trail Poacher

Christopher Igleheart belongs to that revered institution of American frame builders, which includes luminaries such as Richard Sachs and Tom Ritchey, whose art fathered the present generation. It wasn’t so long ago that fine steel bicycles were the forefront of current technology, and today’s resurgence of interest in the handmade bicycle is due to their skill and craft.

The Trail Poacher is a more recent Igle Bike, a reference to Chris’s career during the early days of the mountain bikes, building frames at Fat City Cycles. It’s a cyclocross bike with clearance for fat tires and a geometry designed with drop bars in mind. Regardless of disc brakes, White Industries drive train and a custom Igelheart stem, any bike equipped with Trappist beer end-caps is OK by me.